All 159 seniors from Chicago Urban Prep have been admitted to a 4-year college or university.
"It's one of our rituals. [It's] particularly important because we haven't been able to do it for two years although all of our seniors were admitted to college last year and the year before, but because of the pandemic, we weren't able to publicly celebrate," said Tim King, Founder and CEO of Chicago Urban Prep.
The signing part of signing day comes when each senior writes his name and the college he's attending in a book the school calls their"Credimus Book." Credimus is Latin for"we believe"."I'm just so excited for him. I just am," said Krystele Matthews, parent of a graduate."I feel like he has a really bright future, like the skies the limit for him.""It's very difficult being young and Black and a man.
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